Miley Cyrus launched her new album One thing Lovely on Friday, and on the tune “Each Woman You’ve Ever Cherished,” she seemingly throws shade at Dua Lipa.
The lyrics in query are as follows: “She speaks the right French/ She will be able to dance the evening away/ And nonetheless, she’ll by no means break a sweat.” Whereas, positive, these may very well be about any lady that speaks French and may dance loads with out perspiring. However Dua Lipa checks all three containers; she will communicate French (actually evidenced by her French-speaking cameo in Charli XCX’s current “Speak Speak” remix with Troye Sivan) and she will positively dance the evening away (as said instantly in 2023’s “Dance the Evening” from the Barbie soundtrack).
The ultimate element—that she’ll by no means break a sweat—is a little more open to interpretation. It is likely to be a nod to the viral “go woman give us nothing” meme from a number of years again, which confirmed Lipa performing a slightly easy and repetitive dance transfer to her tune “New Guidelines.” Alternatively, it may very well be a refined callback to “Dance the Evening,” the place Lipa sings about remaining unfazed emotionally—right here, the “sweat” may symbolize vulnerability.
Then again, the phrase is likely to be a honest praise to how effortlessly Lipa instructions the stage, particularly contrasted with Cyrus, who has brazenly struggled with related expectations. Including one other layer, Lipa and Cyrus are rumored to have stress stemming from their 2020 collaboration on “Prisoner,” and so they haven’t labored collectively since.
Regardless of the case, it’s a curious reference. Maybe in “Each Woman You’ve Ever Cherished,” Cyrus isn’t a lot teasing Lipa as she is confronting her personal insecurities, measuring herself in opposition to Lipa’s seemingly unshakable composure.
Cyrus is joined on “Each Woman You’ve Ever Cherished” by British mannequin Naomi Campbell for the tune, who backs up Cyrus within the bridge. Campbell is only one of a number of friends featured on One thing Lovely, which boasts contributions from producers Shawn Everett, BJ Burton, and Child Harpoon in addition to Ryan Tedder, Andrew Wyatt, Ryan Beatty, Brittany Howard, Alvvays’ Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanely, Mannequin/Actriz’s Cole Haden, and extra.
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Dua Lipa, however, is at the moment on tour in Europe supporting her 2024 album, Radical Optimism. The tour makes its approach to North America in September; get tickets right here.
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— bau (@f0lkfever) Could 30, 2025